Deeper by Blue Ashcroft

Author:Blue Ashcroft [Ashcroft, Blue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Patchwork Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Rain

When the last guard leaves for the day, I head over to Knight’s office to give him an answer. I don’t really have one yet, but maybe something will come to me.

It’s been an exhausting day, and as I enter the office, I can tell by the pity in his eyes that he doesn’t realize today has been a great triumph for me. I know I almost got really hurt. If he hadn’t rescued me I could even be dead. But that doesn’t change that this time I protected someone. This time I took the hit. That’s all I’ve wanted ever since William died.

I wish Knight could understand how much that means to me. Unfortunately he’s just as serious about protecting me as I am about protecting others.

“You okay?” he asks, standing up and pushing his chair behind me, forcing me to sit.

“Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?”

He scowls at me like I should know the answer. I suppose I do, but I’ve lived once when I shouldn’t have and I know that it’s better to be the injured one than the one that unfairly got away. I relax in the chair, trying not to openly gloat.

He folds his arms and leans against the desk. “Not to ruin your obviously wonderful and frankly insane mood, but did you think about what I said?”

“Sort of.” I bite my lip. “It’s been kind of a stressful day.” Kind of a wonderful day, because I saved Amy. And Knight saved me too, so I didn’t have to pay any ultimate price. Except that I probably deserved to pay a price. Like William did. The thought steals the smile from my face.

“Hey, where are you going in there?” He pulls up a chair and pulls mine over to him, then leans forward and stares into my eyes. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

“You know,” he says, putting a hand up to my chin and turning my face, which I was turning away, towards him. “Sometimes you remind me of someone.”

“Who?” Is it Camille? Do I remind him of his ex, is that the only reason he’s interested?

“Me,” he says. He leans in and covers my lips with his. It’s utterly quiet in the building. He holds my arms. It’s our fourth kiss, and something in me reacts stronger each time, maybe it’s the way the day has gone, both elating and terrible, but I dig my fingers into his hair and pull his lips harder against mine. His hands wrap around my waist and he pulls me close.

Maybe we’re just seeking comfort. Maybe we’re just dealing with released tension. Maybe it’s just stress. I don’t know why we keep touching, when we barely know one another. Can barely stand one another.

He pulls back, keeping a lock of my hair wrapped around one finger. I look into his eyes. They’re too intense to be sky blue. They’re ocean blue. Caribbean blue.

“So you can’t fall in love,” he says, wrapping my hair further around his finger, pulling me closer. “You can’t have sex.

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